Times changes all things, ten years ago I would probably not have given serious thought to driving a couple of hours to see some flowers. The only flowers I would have been interested in is a floral print bikini, otherwise whats worth looking at? Last weekend we decided to drive over to Holland, MI to see the Tulip Festival. We combined a birthday party with a trip. Whoopee!

Never (well almost never) afraid to have a picture taken on a dare, I am including this wonderfull snapshot taken at the Tulip Farm. You may click on the small photo to see the full picture.

We also had a good time in the town itself, one of us did a little shopping. Why is it you drive hundreds of miles to see something you cannot see at home, but then spend all day shopping for the same things in the same stores. I am told, on good authority, that other towns have completely different selections. Who am I to argue. We did get time to visit the waterfront “Window to the River”, visit a carnival with some low-riders, and naturally see lots and lots of tulips. I suppose an expert can tell the difference between some of the varieties, but they certainly began looking all the same to me!

if you are real lucky, you may even get the color you wanted!

Then the fun… for a tulip lover anyway.

1. You can order from hundreds of varieties by number.

1. Place your order

1. Wait until October

1. Get the bulbs

1. Plant them

1. Wait until next spring,

1. If you are lucky you get some tulips

1. If you are

real

lucky, after waiting a full year to see what comes up, you may even get the color you wanted!

You can check out all the photos in the album when you really, really, have nothing else to do on the web.

Finally, I have no idea what buffalo/bison have to do with Holland and/or tulips, but they have a herd of twenty or so of the critters there.

Until the final buffalo patty falls to fertilize the last tulip,
George

See Part 2 of this blog entry!